Laughing Boy

1. Describe the plot of the story. Identify main characters, major events that occur, and the resolution of the story. Explain the title of the novel.

Laughing Boy is a novel about an Indian boy, coming into manhood, and falling in love. Laughing Boy falls in love with a village outsider, the beautiful Slim Girl. She's cast as an outsider because she was raised by white people, and knows their evil ways. Laughing Boy and Slim Girl flee the village and are married. She is dishonest to him and is always going to the town where the white people are, and Laughing Boy helps her reconnect to the Navajo she once was. This novel is almost like a biography of Laughing Boy, which depicts the title.

2. Describe the protagonist. What is he or she like? What words would you use to describe his/her personality? Use specific examples from...